Improvement in clocks for utilizing watch-movements



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-UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN CAMICHEL, OF NEWT YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT lN CLOCKS FOR UTILlZlNG WATCH-MOVEMENTS.

Speeilication forming part of Letters Patent No. 214,362, dated April l5, 1879; application filed January 24, 1879.

To all whom fit may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN CAMIOHEL, of the city'and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Clocks, of

which the following is a description, reference bein g had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specification.

rlhe object of this invention is to utilize in clocks the entire movements of watches, both old and new, for which, owing to a variety of circumstances, there may be no demand as watch-movements, and whereby clocks combining cheapness with durability and neatness may be produced, which shall keep better time and will run for a much longer period with a mainsprin g of given strength or length, or operating-weight oi" given fall, than clocks as ordinarily constructed. In thus utilizing watch-movements it is important, not only as a point ot' economy, but to do away with any impairing ot' the movement, that there should be but little or no alteration ot' it to adapt it to a clock; and this my invention most ei'ectually provides for.

Theinvention consists in a combination, with a clockframe, and with a clock mainspring or actuating-weight, andan arbor directly controlled by said spring or weight, of a watchmovement, an arbor directly connected with the windingarbor of said movement, and gears connectingl the arbor ot' the mainspring or aetnatingweight with the arbor, which is directly connected with the whirling-arbor ot` the watch-movement.

The invention also consists in a novel construction and combination of parts for connecting the watch-movement with the clocki'rame and operating mechanism, and for detachably securing said movement to its place to facilitate removal and repair.

Figure l oi" the accompanying drawings represents a clock-frame and its contained mechanism with my invention applied; Fig. 2, a partly-sectional side view ot' the same, and Fig. 3 a transverse section thcreotl on -the line :r a' in Fig. 2.

A is a clock-frame ot any suitable construction, but having attached or formed on its face with aproiecting chamber or holder, B, for re ception or retention of a full or complete watchmovement, C, to which the hour and minute hands a b are attached for movement outside of a clock dial, c. Said watch movement, which may be secured in the chamber or holder B by means ot` a spring-bolt, d, and centering and holdin g screws e, or otherwise, to facilitate removal and repair, may be of any suitable kind, including not only those descriptions in which the barrel j', containing the mainspring of the watch, is on the winding-arbor g, but also those descriptions in which the windingarbor has applied to it a fusee, which is con nected by a chain with the barrel containing the mainspring.

Fitted within the clock-frame A, and constructed and arranged so as to engage, by means of a socket or otherwise, directly with the key end of the winding-arbor g of the watch-movement, is an arbor, h, which is connected by two or more speedingup gears, i 7a, with an arbor, Z, that becomes the winding-arbor of the clock, and has attached to it the end of a coiled mainspring, D, of a strength or length such as is used in clocks; or, instead of said spring D, the driving-power may be a weight connected by a pulley and cord with a barrel, m, on the arbor l, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. l. Said winding-arborl is provided with a ratchet and click to prevent its moving backward; and in applying the watclrmovement to a clock in accordance with this invention it will be necessary to liberate the click from the ratchet which holds the winding-arbor of said movement, and so that the mainspring of the watch-moven'ient will simply become an elastic driving-connection instead of the driver itself, as when used in a watch.

Then the watch movement is one which employs a fusee and chain connecting the fusee with the mainspring-barrel, then the chain connecting the t'usee and barrel should also be liberated or disconnected. With these exceptions, the full or complete watch -movement does not require to be interfered with 0r changed.

B y the combination, as herein described, of a watch-movement with a clock mainspring or actuating-weight, either latter, operating as a prime mover, will cause the movement to run a much greater length of time than when driven by the mainspring within its barrel, and much longer than a clock having an ordinary clock-movement would run. Thusthe spring D may only be of such a length or strength as would keep a clock with an ordinary movement running for a single day, whereas the same spring, when appliedvto drivea watch-movement, will keep the latter running two weeks. Such advantage may be extended@ either by using a stronger or longer mainspring, 'or by using a series of mainspriugs and arbors outside of thev arbor whichv connects with the Winding-arborof the Watchmovement, and two or more speeding-up gears connecting the arbol'- or arbors 'of said spring or springs with the arbor Which directly connects with the Windingarbor of the .Watchf movement. In this Way or by these means the Watch-movement may be made to run one year (more or less)with a single 'escapement,I

as in tower-clocks; andthe invention may be: i

applied to tower-clocks having several pairs,- of; hands.

If desired, it may have a striking andalarm attachment, or either, andy be incased asa` chronoineter. A

I am aware thatV a portion of a, watch-train has heretofore, andA prior to my invention, been supportedupon the front plate of a clock, i and the lcenter -pinion geared with the third wheel of aclock-train located for that purpose outside of the front plate; but this arrangementnecessitatesthe takin g, apart of the watchmovement, the rearrangement of" a portion thereof', and the rejectionv of` the remainder, while the object of my inventior is mainly to utilize old-fashioned Watch-movements with the Aleast' possiblealteration. 2

I claim- 1. The combination, with a clock-frame, and

with ay clock mainspring. or actuating-Weight, y and an arbor directly controlled by said spring or Weight, of a Watch-movement, an arbor di- ;rectly connected with the winding-arbor of lsaid movement, and gears connecting the arbor of the mainspring or actuating-Weight with the arbor which is directly connected with the winding-arbor of the watch-movement, substantially as specified,

2. A clock-frame having. on itsfront platea lholder adapted to receive awatch-movement, i means for detachably securing the watchfmovcment in saidl holdergand an arbor adapted to clutch or engage with the windingarbor of the Said: WathmovementWhenisecuredinvsaid jhold'er, substantially as described,

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FRED HAYNES. 

